Michigan

A group builds a sculpture called "Africa, The Face of Hunger" at a Canstruction event in Michigan. They used nearly 2,000 cans of food to create a face looking out from the continent of Africa. (FILE | MLive.com)
(FILE | MLive.com)

A joint effort between Baker College, the American Institute of Architecture Students and the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, Canstruction brings together architects, engineers, designers, contractors, students and the communities across the country to participate in design and build competitions to construct large, scale-modeled structures made entirely out of canned foods.

Flint’s event has been postponed until spring 2014, but a date has yet to be announced.

“Last week, several of the teams had to withdraw due to unforeseen scheduling reasons, but all were interested in competing in the future,” said Jan Jenkins, a spokeswoman for Baker College.

“The coordinators of the event – the Baker College of Flint student chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students and the Food Bank – agreed to postpone it in order to maximize the ultimate donation to the Food Bank. The international Canstruction organization has approved the postponement.”

This year’s build theme was “Flint: The Past, Present and Future,” with prizes awarded in the following categories: Best Meal, Best Use of Labels, Structural Ingenuity, Jurors Favorite, Community Favorite and Honorable Mentions.

For more information, refer to Baker College-Flint Canstruction website here.